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• would be assessed by the amount of property (acres) that <br /> are determined to benefit from the trunk line divided by <br /> the unit cost ($400 . 00 per 1/3 acre, $1, 200 . 00 per acre) <br /> to maximum amount of three (3 ) acres or $3 , 600 . 00 . The <br /> remaining cost will be paid for by the Storm Water <br /> Surface Utility and/or by an ad valorem property tax paid <br /> by the entire community or by other funds that may become <br /> available to the City for infrastructure cost recovery. <br /> Should a prolect be initiated on a particular street that <br /> recruires storm sewer laterals which would be connected to <br /> the trunk lines, the Surface Water Utility would fund <br /> these expenses . _ • - - . <br /> place togeLher with street ieconstiuction projects and <br /> - . _ .- _ - -. _ . ._ - .. <br /> _ - - .. ' - _ -0 . -- ' . . ♦ - - . ' - <br /> . . - - - - <br /> - 0- - . . 00- - <br /> i . Special Conditions . Special consideration shall be <br /> given to the "age" of a street or utility system when <br /> determining the proportion of cost to be assessed to <br /> benefitted properties . If it is necessary to reconstruct <br /> or resurface a street or perform major repair/replacement <br /> work on sewer and water utilities, before a reasonable <br /> • amount of time (10 to 12 years for resurfacing, 12 to 17 <br /> years for partial reconstruction and 17 to 25 years for <br /> total reconstruction) the assessment shall be calculated <br /> on a pro-rated basis . The remaining cost shall be <br /> recovered by means of the general ad valorem property tax, <br /> paid by the entire community or by other funds that may <br /> become available to the City for infrastructure cost <br /> recovery. <br /> Subd. 3 <br /> METHODS OF ASSESSMENT <br /> a. The nature of an improvement determines the method <br /> of assessment. The objective is to choose an assessment <br /> method which will arrive at a reasonable, fair and <br /> equitable assessment which will be uniform upon the same <br /> class of property within the assessed area. The most <br /> frequently recognized assessment methods are: the unit <br /> assessment, the front footage assessment and the area <br /> assessment . Depending upon the individual project, any <br /> one or a combination of these methods may be utilized to <br /> arrive at an appropriate cost distribution. City staff <br /> will consider all methods and weigh their applicability <br /> to the project and present a recommendation to the City <br /> Council in the form of a mock assessment roll (or rolls) . <br /> A description of each assessment and its corresponding <br />